Deckerville man to be charged with attempted murder

STACY LANGLEY

Published 8:00 pm, Sunday, May 22, 2005

A call to police early Saturday morning reporting an accident and a gun shot just outside of the village limits of Carsonville eventually led police to the 34-year-old Deckerville man at a home in the 3600 block of Sheldon Street.

According to a press release from the Sanilac County Sheriff's Office, when officers arrived in the driveway of the residence they encountered a 34-year-old Deckerville woman. She told police she had been physically assaulted, involved in an automobile accident and then shot by the Deckerville man who was inside the house and armed with a shotgun.

The Sanilac County Special Response Team was dispatched while officers at the scene tried to make contact with the Deckerville man. After several hours of unsuccessful attempts to talk to the man, chemical agents were deployed inside the home, and police report that within a few minutes he exited and surrendered to officers without resistance.

The man was arrested at the scene and transported to the Sanilac County Jail where he's being held on a $100,000 bond.